What's the highest core temperature that people are seeing on a Streak 5? I currently have mine set to 998MHz with SetCPU and it's generally ticking at around 83F.
Over the weekend, when it was at 1.2GHz, it was sat in the sun on my car dash running Google Maps, and consistently was crashing. It was only when I took it down to reboot by taking out the battery I realised the thing was red hot. I didn't catch the temperature unfortunately - it was Mother's Day, my wife was mad at me for relying on a failing GPS to find our brunch venue, so didn't have time to investigate. I had to crank up the car A/C and direct the vents directly over the Streak to cool it down. Then it was fine.
Last night I was trying to get Netflix running (see thread on the Android Development forum for a fix to the 'chipmunking') but it wasn't happy, kept crashing. It was getting hot and I noticed the temp was 102F. Battery out and let it cool off and it seemed OK again.
So - my question for all the O/C fans - what's the 'safe' operating temperature max for the Streak?
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Just had a quick question about the operating temperature of my atrix.
My previous phone was a captivate, which NEVER felt hot to the touch unless I ran the GPS for awhile.
It was the same for my Atrix until I ran a graphics intensive game for about an hour or so. It started to get hot while playing, so I stopped for awhile. Ever since then, it is almost always warm to the touch and is continuously operating at 50C+.
So, is this normal? What are everyone's operating temperatures?
Miine runs warm under higher stress. It is a dual core processor so heat will be higher then other phones
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ive never had a phone get this hot. this is how hot my pc gets lol. is this normal?
this result was after taking quite a few pictures with camera360 i noticed the bottom of the phone VERY hot.
these are about the temps that i get. it especially heats up when using data connection for web and not wifi. with wifi, it peaks at about 50c and on data connection it can go up to 57c.
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these are about the temps that i get. it especially heats up when using data connection for web and not wifi. with wifi, it peaks at about 50c and on data connection it can go up to 57c.
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yeah, i just use wifi and thats what gets it hot. and apps like camera >_<
Schultz_91 said:
Just had a quick question about the operating temperature of my atrix.
My previous phone was a captivate, which NEVER felt hot to the touch unless I ran the GPS for awhile.
It was the same for my Atrix until I ran a graphics intensive game for about an hour or so. It started to get hot while playing, so I stopped for awhile. Ever since then, it is almost always warm to the touch and is continuously operating at 50C+.
So, is this normal? What are everyone's operating temperatures?
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Strange how people have dif experiences. My Captivate was always hot always! It only runs slightly cooler now with one of the latest CM7 nightly.
My Atrix gets warm sometimes but I never have the extreme heat other users report. I dont use and task killers, only watchdog to monitor for runaway apps. I do use a Commuter on both.
My phone only saw the 50's when I left it charging under a pillow.When to ATT store and got it replaced.Replacement phone runs all day at 35C never seen it go past that.
And do use a commuter case aswell.
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Hmmm. My tempstature is 50°C at idle, while connected to WiFi. Is that bad?
EDIT: Well no, it goes back down to about 38° when you leave it for a while. But 50° temps are quite common.
61° after a few games of Fruit Ninja. That seems like it shouldn't happen.
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61° after a few games of Fruit Ninja. That seems like it shouldn't happen.
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yepp even little games get mine hot. maybe it could be that we dont have software optimized for our hardware, that could effect it. who knows.
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we dont have software optimized for our hardware
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Its my understanding that the Atrix IS running a dual core optimized version of Android 2.2. Afaik our current version of Blur is NOT dual core optimized, but Im not 100% on that. Is Blur what you are referring to.? Also, apps have to be written to take advantage of both cores, so if the app wasn't specifically programmed to run on dual core it will run on just one.
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61° after a few games of Fruit Ninja. That seems like it shouldn't happen.
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I've started a thread early today because of this issue. Soon as I started playing games on my Atrix I got pretty scared with the temperature I felt on the exterior, and more scared after using temp. monitor apps.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1249757
The idea is to mod the phone to help dissipating heat. Besides undervolting with setcpu I guess there isnt much that can be done at software level to reduce the main chip's heat.
The ideas are still being formulated. I opened the thread so I could get some help and suggestion from other atrix owners, to have a good idea of what to do when I finally open my phone
could drill some tiny holes in the battery cover / just throwing that out there
unlocked bootloader att. atrix. honeycomb rom. faux oc kernal
Did a bunch of looking around and after a while found some white papers with the following temperature ranges:
General operating temps of -40C to +85C.
Practical usage will start to drop off below -20C and above +70C.
This tells me that our safe operating range should be limited to the practical usage temperatures. Anything outside of these and there is a good chance you will see performance drop off fast, and also may suffer hardware lockups, etc.
Personally I will stick to +65C which is the rule of thumb I go by with my PC's under full load.
<edit> <edit> I would also add that while our phones are not desktops/laptops/workstations, the CPU's can all handle around the same temperatures in all devices. Materials used and manufacturing techniques are almost identical. The solder used has a melting point of around 180C - 190C, so there is no fear of melting the solder. The main difference is that phones do not have active cooling, so you will see much larger jumps and swings in temperature. This being the reason you cannot OC in the extreme ways you can with PC's.
My rule of thumb is to keep my phone under 50c Max. The battey chewing alone is bad enough above 45c.
Ideally, I try to keep my phone below 40c whenever possible.
If it's a constant problem, then I usually try to find a different modem or fw. Which can make one heck of a difference...
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I just received my SGS2 this afternoon and I've noticed it getting uncomfortably hot.
All I've done is root the phone, install a few apps and just general exploring/messing around.
The screen is getting very hot, the top half especially.
So is the back of the phone, again the top half mostly and especially the part just to the right of the camera lens.
Any hotter than this and I would be seriously concerned...
Anyone else?
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I have the galaxy S2 for few days. Today this afternoon, I also experience the same thing. It get so hot (i can really feel it) and the battery is drained to around 20 % in just about 40 mins. The phone is charge twice.
During the hot time i did
- The battery was around 80%.
- Wifi is on
- facebook app is on.
- the phone was in a sleeve all time and i have not use it at all.
the phone become really got until i restart and close all apps.
I look at the battery usage... the graph was on peak for few hrs (not sure how)
media usage is 28% the rest are below 20%
anyone share words of wisdom? defected phone?
Mine has been pretty cool for the most part. It started to toast my fingers around the back where the camera lens is after dicking around on Angry Birds for 15 minutes but aside from that, no problems with heat.
DVC1985 said:
Mine has been pretty cool for the most part. It started to toast my fingers around the back where the camera lens is after dicking around on Angry Birds for 15 minutes but aside from that, no problems with heat.
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battery drain faster (alot)?
can you guys post temperature numbers? can pull those from dmesg log, or OS monitor, or system panel, etc.
anything higher than 40C is not the best.
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can you guys post temperature numbers? can pull those from dmesg log, or OS monitor, or system panel, etc.
anything higher than 40C is not the best.
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if you dont mind, plz let us know how to obtain the info? i am pretty new to andriod.
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anyone share words of wisdom? defected phone?
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Or more likely, defective facebook lol.
Either way, the hardware has built in overheating protection as it will shut down automatically. Heat is generally no problem - electronics is used to being toasty. My 3Gs can get hot as hell after a surfing session or movie watching, still going strong (or warm), haha.
RogerPodacter said:
can you guys post temperature numbers? can pull those from dmesg log, or OS monitor, or system panel, etc.
anything higher than 40C is not the best.
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After being on standby for over an hour, OS Monitor reports (under the battery section, no other section reports temperature) that the phone was 36C, after a few mins of playing this jumped up to 41C then back to a stable 39C.
If the phone (do we still call these things phones?!) gets overly hot again, I will check the temperature and report it here...
Edit: Now that I've taken it off charge, its gone down to 25C
I would check your wifi network. That sounds like a typical scenario when the phone starts to lose wifi and kicks into 3G and back and forth repeatedly. It's trying to get and keep a connection.
I don't have my SGSII yet, but I do have a blind spot in my wifi network that ironically is also the area of the worst 3G coverage in the house. Every phone I've owned will do something similar on occasion.
I also have this issue.
I was playing Angry Birds for about 20 mins and the phone was getting so hot.
Is this safe or should I be concerned?
Exactly what the title says... I tried searching but didn't find anything so pardon me if there was already a thread on this here.
I did some google'ing and there wasn't much for specific info, just sounded like guesses. I read in a thread here if it was over 33c (91.4f) then it was getting too hot, and I also recall somebody saying if it was over 107f then it wasn't good.
Any legit info on this subject? I may contact HTC to find out if they have a range they consider normal operating temp for the phone.
I remember when I got my phone I was playing with the demo in the VZW store and it seemed hot to me. I didn't get actual temps from it but I don't think my phone feels any hotter than the demo phone was.
I sometimes run the phone overclocked, sometimes not. Doesn't really seem to make any difference in heat anyways.
Someone told me 45 degrees C, is too hot, which I think is 113 degrees? (C x (9/5) + 32)?
How are you getting the temp? I have been concerned about how hot my phone is getting also. Spare parts that my Battery is at 43.2 Celcius.
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Any temperature you're pulling from any app, is not even the actual CPU or other chips in your phone. It's being pulled from the battery. That said I firmly believe your processor is a good bit hotter than the battery having much experience in computer overclocking and cooling for many many years (see 12+ years hands on experience) so with that in mind, I would have to say...
40* celsius is my breaking point. Once I hit that I basically stop whatever I'm doing and turn off the display to let it cool. It's pretty hard to hit this temp, even on UV/OC'ed kernels, but with heavy radio traffic, screen on max brightness and a high cpu load its possible.
Well my phone is hitting 100+ consistantly. The temp reading I'm getting is from the setcpu widget.
I have been backing off the phone when it hits 100+. I'm running gingeritis 3d and the mr2.5 radio right now. I tried mr2 and some other non-3d roms but its still heating up, seems like its even doing it when at idle.
I may go back to froyo, and even unroot and go back to 100% stock to see if that makes any difference. I don't want my phone to blow up on me haha.
Thanks for the response. I may still contact HTC to see if they have a temp range recommendation for "normal" use.
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Well my phone is hitting 100+ consistantly. The temp reading I'm getting is from the setcpu widget.
I have been backing off the phone when it hits 100+. I'm running gingeritis 3d and the mr2.5 radio right now. I tried mr2 and some other non-3d roms but its still heating up, seems like its even doing it when at idle.
I may go back to froyo, and even unroot and go back to 100% stock to see if that makes any difference. I don't want my phone to blow up on me haha.
Thanks for the response. I may still contact HTC to see if they have a temp range recommendation for "normal" use.
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i've had some problems with gingerbread roms too...if the phone is noticeably warm or hot in your hand for no good reason...it's either an app you have installed running wild or you're phone doesn't like the voltage of the kernel you are running....some phones are more sensitive than others.
what kernel you running??? you can try imo's latest kernel...out of the box it's pretty stable
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How are you getting the temp? I have been concerned about how hot my phone is getting also. Spare parts that my Battery is at 43.2 Celcius.
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Lol, I'll tell ya how you get that temp. Have a car that has a broken A/C and a windshield mounted car dock. That being said I have a SetCPU profile that fires off a notification sound whever the phone gets over 44C and underclocks the processor. I usually still take it off the dock to let cool down.
Also, I recall that at a certain point (not sure if its ROM specific), my TBolt started flashing the amber light to let me know that it hated me for heat abuse.
I know this topic has popped up a few times but, none of them really seam to answer the questions.
So, how hot is too HOT?
Just web browsing today, with WiFi and GPS off, the CPU temp got to 144F, and battery was at about 115F. Is this normal?
Another time, when I was using the GPS navigation for approximately 1hr it got even hotter than that, it was seriously HOT to the touch, not just warm.
At idle, no activity for an hour, with WiFi, Screen, & GPS off, I get temps of CPU: 110F, and Batt: 95F.
The phone is still within the 30day warranty from AT&T so I just want a definitive answer if this is normal or not before I try and get it replaced.
TIA!!
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I know this topic has popped up a few times but, none of them really seam to answer the questions.
So, how hot is too HOT?
Just web browsing today, with WiFi and GPS off, the CPU temp got to 144F, and battery was at about 115F. Is this normal?
Another time, when I was using the GPS navigation for approximately 1hr it got even hotter than that, it was seriously HOT to the touch, not just warm.
At idle, no activity for an hour, with WiFi, Screen, & GPS off, I get temps of CPU: 110F, and Batt: 95F.
The phone is still within the 30day warranty from AT&T so I just want a definitive answer if this is normal or not before I try and get it replaced.
TIA!!
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Are you overclocking? I'm using faux's 1.3 GHz kernel and I sit at idle temps of 30-35 celsius and when I game I get up to 50-60 celsius. Our processors are rated for up to 160 fahrenheit I believe. As long as you aren't breaking 60 celsius I'd say your fine.
Your battery is running perfectly fine though. Just remember, or phones don't dissipate heat like a computer would. The fact we have two cores is going to make our phones run pretty hot
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Thanks for the input Al!
I do have faux's 1.3 GHz kernel as well, and have a profile to have it clock down to 1.0GHz when the temp hits 60 celsius.
I just disabled the profiles in SetCPU to keep the OC at 1.3GHz, enabled WiFi, GPS, opened google maps, and launched Air Attach HD – played for approximately 20 min and saw a CPU temp of about 62-63 celsius.
At idle I usually don't ever see CPU temps below 40 celsius.
So it looks like from what your saying this should be about right?
I know I've gotten hotter than this before, but it may have been mostly battery temp as I was using Google Navigate, which eats the battery fairly quickly.
I'm use to the PC world, so I know what to look for; however, over-clocking mobile devices is completely new to me.
I've been trying to find the thermal specs for the Tegra 2 chipset, and can't seem to find them anywhere, but if your saying it's 160F, than I think I'm good.
I noticed too that my phone is getting hot with oc'ed to 1.3 and a gingerbread rom, with gps on.. Also my gps navigator sometimes closes by its own..
Froyo roms, without custom kernel, was just fine, faster and more stable than any gb rom.. And WAY MUCH BETTER battery life.. I missed froyo days..
Upgrading to Gingerbread, wasnt really an upgrade.. Was a downgrade..
i hope CM, solve those issues..
So i patiently wait for the next CM release, cause i got used to fingerprint scanner ..
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I've read that some people are reporting the s4 getting hot in general but has anyone had theirs overheat while charging? Also is there a overheating shut down or anything. I feel asleep with my phone under my pillow charging and woke up and it was turned off but ungodly hot like nothing I've ever felt a phone do. I know under the pillow probably killed the ventilation but in general is anyone else getting crazy overheating while charging?
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Yes my S4 also overheats when on charge (only if I'm doing something that's really power consuming). It also tends to lower my screen brightness and I can't do anything about it. it gives me a warning "To avoid overheating maximum screen brightness has been reduced".
I can not wait until there are custom roms made for this, I can't stand anything stock! It's painful
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